Aircraft Passenger Module with Transparent Partition for Safety and Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft interior fittings modules fail to provide adequate passenger isolation from neighbors while ensuring the passenger's safety during flight, particularly during takeoff and landing, as existing designs do not effectively balance privacy and visibility for on-board staff.
Innovation Solution
The aircraft features interior modules with a rectangular parallelepiped rigid box that converts into a bed, equipped with a transparent privacy wall and a movable curtain for enhanced isolation, along with a seat back and safety belt for secure seating during critical phases of flight, and includes a foldable table and screen for passenger comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a rigid box with mattress and seat back is used, then passenger comfort and sleeping capability are improved, but passenger isolation from neighbors deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid box is divided into functional zones: sleeping area with mattress, seating area with seat back, and storage compartments. This segmentation allows each zone to serve its specific function while contributing to overall passenger comfort and isolation.
Solution Approach 2:
The seat back is positioned within the rigid box structure, and the mattress covers the horizontal base inside the box. These nested arrangements maximize space utilization and create a compact, isolated passenger compartment.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If solid walls are used for isolation, then passenger privacy is improved, but visibility for cabin crew to verify safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The partition wall between adjacent rigid boxes is made transparent, allowing cabin crew to visually verify passenger safety and behavior while passengers maintain privacy within their enclosed compartments. The transparency resolves the contradiction between isolation and visibility.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an aircraft comprising a cabin and, within the cabin, at least one interior fitting module (350) which includes: - a rigid box (352) in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, one of whose large vertical walls is open, - a mattress (354) covering a horizontal base of the rigid box (352), - a seat back (356) positioned above the mattress (354) against one of the small vertical walls of the rigid box (352), and - a seat belt (358) located at the level of the seat back (356) to allow a passenger to fasten themselves while seated on the mattress (354) and leaning against the seat back (356). Such an aircraft thus offers an interior fitting module that allows each passenger to sleep on a real bed, to have a certified seated position for takeoff and landing, and to be better insulated from their neighbors.